A mum has defended her nine-year-old son after it was revealed he was excluded from school aged seven.

Alfie Burns was excluded from his school when he was seven years old, and is one of the children filmed for a new Channel 4 documentary in The Rosebery School in Kings Lynn, which provides short-term places for excluded children.

His mum Mel Burns has insisted her son has ADHD , confessing it runs in the family.

Speaking on This Morning, she explained: "I knew while I was pregnant, one or all of my children would have severe ADHD.